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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1921
Page
8
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Chicago tops in a high scoring, rough game with wild moments and key hits. McHenry and Flack stand out for Chicago while Hornsby, Tromp and Freeman contribute, with steals and double plays shaping the late innings.
The Ss soccer team of Koklny, led by N Raison, defended the American football association trophy in a final against Riveriad Club at Quincy Massachusetts. Weather was mild and the crowd witnessed a close match with a narrow victory.
Bantam and featherweight champion contenders Jack Der Deutle and Bud Ridley are set to spar, with Ridley aiming to prove equal reach and build. Dempsey looms as a taller rival, while Ridley eyes an east coast path to a title shot. A recent Portland bout left Ridley seeking a decisive victory to satisfy western backers.
General Pershing appealed to young men to join summer citizens training camps to build a trained citizen reserve for national defense. He urged readiness to defend constitutional rights and meet international obligations, praising the National Guard and National Army as vital assets for future mobilization.
Mass institute of technology professor Arthur I Ischel Trina Mass will sail from New York May 8 as Harvard’s first engineering exchange professor to France under a committee of American universities. France selects Prof J Cavalier of Toulouse University to represent. the exchange places him at Harvard Johns Hopkins Cornell MIT UPenn and Yale during the academic year.
A fragment notes that a plant once used for rush-bottom chairs has been rediscovered as a valuable growth. In Germany the plant is now made into a form and used as a substitute for wool, indicating a shift from passive neglect to industrial use.
A feud at Rourke Drug Shop on Madison Avenue led to three men being arrested on assault warrants. Bennet, John, and Dawn Glennen faced charges as police responded to a disturbance reported late Friday night. Warrants were issued by the city court, with Michael Malinney named in connection to the case.
Paddock Nine from Walnut defeated Fast Crasho Team by 11 to 0 in a local match. The report notes a jumble of names and places, but states Paddock Nine secured the decisive win with several scoring plays.
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